Adhesive guard for eyeglasses.



Nosamss. 'PAVIENTED 'JUI'ZY 24, 1906.

v B. J. 950332;; Y ADHESIVE GUARDTOR EYEGLASSES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 118.26, 1905.

s own in elevation right-hand guard of the EDGAR J. GEOR ADHESiVE GUARD PATENT OFFICE.

es, or onroneo; ILLINO'IWSQ FOR EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented July 2%, 1906.

Application no August 26. 1906. Serial No. 275.894.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR J. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State of Illinow, have invented a certain new and useful Adhesive Guard for Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification.

M invention relates to nose-guards for eyeg asses; and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and practical guard which will adhere firmly to the nose of the wearer and afford a firm and secure support for the glasses.

It is well known to those familiar with the practical use of eyeglasses that it has heretoore been difiicu t to provide guards which will clasp the nose of the wearer with su fii cient firmness to hold the glasses in position securely, and this is particularly the case in 1 some forms of the bridge of the nose and in" to perspiration. By

warm weather owing means of my invention I attain a much more secure attachment of the guards to the nose than has heretofore been waly, so far as I am aware.

n the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a pair of eyeglasses, showing a pair of guards; Fi 2, a cross-section of the guard shown in rg. I and the stud or post to which it is attached, part of the stud and lens being ;Fig. 3, a side view of the air; Fig. 4, edetail cross-section of the end of the uard Fi 5, a side view of a modified form guard; ig. 6, a cross-section of the same; Fig. a side view of another modified form of guard, and Fig. 8 a cross-section of the same.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views. a

In all eyeglasses of the type illustrated and to which my invention is particularly applicable the pair of lenses and associated parts iorming the complete structure are supported lpon a pair of opposin contact-surfaces restn upon and pressed lay the stress of a suit- .b e s ring into close contact with the sides f the hridgeof the nose of the wearer. These intact-surfaces are commonly formed 11 on '16 inner surfaces of a pair of guards attached the structure in such manner as to he 'essed inwardly toward each other by the rin and the frictional contact thus obine between the surfaces of the nerd and e nose of the wearer has hereto ore alone on relied upon to support and maintain the sees in position.

done in any other Myinventicn consists in forming these con tact-surfaces of an adhesive material or costing them with an adhesive material or sub stance to increase the holding ower of the guards b means of adhesion etwen them and the slr in of the nose. I have found that ordinary rosin possesses the desired properties,- but my invention may also be practiced by the employment of many other substeneessuch as various resins, gums,waxes,

' and thelike and their combinations and compositions which possess the adhesive properties mentioned.

I have illustrated mv invention in the drawings'as applied to eyeglasses of a common and well-known form, in which the lenses 1 are mounted in studs or posts 2, having blockshaped inner ends which have vertical channels formed in them at their inner ends to receive the ends of the spring 3 and the shanks f the air of 'uards 5 5. Small screws 6, passing t oughlioles in the ends of thespring and the shanks of the guards into the studs, secure the parts firmly together.

In the form of guard shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the two opposite guards of a pair have curved shanks 4 and straight portions, which at their up or ends are formed into circular portions wliich are cupped or concaved to orm cavities on their inner opposite surfaces for the rose ticn of fillings 7 of the adhesive substance a ove described, such fillings constituting the contact-surfaces of the guards.

I also contemplate practicing my invention by forming the adhesive substance or mate rial into small pieces of suitable shape, such as small thin disks, and cementing them to the opposite inner surfaces of suitable guards. In this way I am able to provide for replacing the adhesive contact-surfaces very easily and guiclrly whenever it is desirable to do so. In igs. 5 and 6 I have shown a guard of somewhat difierent pattern than that hereinbefore described, having two fiat circular ends, to which such disks 9 9 are cemented.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a guard of still another form in which the adhesive substance is in the form of a coating 10, flowed or otherwise applied directly upon the opposite slightly-convex surfaces of the upper oval portions of the guards.

It will he understood from the foregoing *that my invention may be applied to noseguards of any pattern or design and u on eyeglasses of any kind, the particular me third of attaching the guards tothe other parts of the structure and the relations between the other parts being immaterial so far as my invention is concerned. It will also be un derstood that the articular means of securing the adhesive su stance or material to the guards may be varied as desired. The surace of the guards may be either grooved or indented to form depressions to receive the adhesive substance, and the latter may be flowed on when heated, or applied in liquid form, or, as before stated, the adhesive material may be formed into disks or other suitable forms and cemented to flat surfaces upon the guards.

Having I claim 1. In eyeglasses, means for supporting the glasses upon the nose having opposite contact-surfaces adapted to embrace the nose and composed of a substantially solid substance havi adhesive properties.

2. In eyeg asses, guards for supporting the glasses upon the nose having their opposite surfaces composed of a substantially solid substance having adhesive roperties.

3. In eyeglasses, guards havin the opposite inner surfaces of the metaIlie portion thereof indented and having such indentations filled with an adhesive substance constituting the contact-surface of the guard.

4. In eye lasses, guards having opposite gras ing-sur aces composed of asubstantially s'oli substance having adhesive properties and when in operative position under pressure tending to cause them to embrace the sides of the nose to hold the glasses in position thereon.

57 In eyeglasses, guards having site inner surfaces of the metal 4 the oppoic portion thereof indented and having such indentations filled with an adhesive substance conthus fully described my invention,

stituting the contact-surface ol' the guards, said guards being under ressure tending to cause them to embrace tie sides of the nose to hold the glasses in position thereon.

6. In eyeglasses, metal guards having their opposite inner surfaces indented and the indentations filled with resin, said guards being under pressure tending to cause them to embrace the sides of the nose to hold the glasses in position thereon.

7. In eyeglasses, means for retaining the glasses upon the nose having inwardly-disposed opposite contact surfaces composed of a substantially solid substance having adhesive properties.

8. In eyeglasses, uards having their inner opposite surfaces inc ented and having the indentations filled with an adhesive material constituting the contact-surface of the guard.

9. In eyeglasses, guards having their inner opposite raspin -surfaces formed into on s, said cups eing fiIled with a non-elastic adh sive material forming the contact-surfaces of the guards.

.10. In eyeglasses, guards having opposite grasping-surfaces composed of a substantially solid substance having adhesive roperties, said guards in operative position eing under pressure tending to cause them to embrace the sides of the nose.

11. In eye lasses, the combination, with the guards, 0 tablets of a substantially solid substance having adhesive properties oemented to the inner faces of the guards and adapted to bear against the opposite sides of the nose under the pressure of the guards; substantially as described.

EDGAR J. GEORGE.

Witnesses:

S. E. HIBBEN, LOUIS B. ERWIN. 

